The Newseum-The Interactive Museum of News - On this Web site, you can currently download lesson plans and request educational publications for classroom use. Please check back regularly for updated information on educational activities.

Analyze World Trends - This website, powered by Trendalyzer, enables you to explore the changing world with your students. Moving graphics show how the development of all countries by the indicators you choose. These great graphics will be a guaranteed discussion starter!

U.S. News Paper Links - Are you looking for editorial opinion from a variety of locales? This site enables teachers to look up newspapers online around the country so students can catch the local sentiment about a variety of local, national, and international issues. Just one note of caution: Because editorial cartoons tackle some controversial issues, screen materials before using.

Front Pages of Newspapers Around the World - If you place the mouse on a city, wait a few moments, and then double click, the newspaper headlines will pop up. Keep in mind the newspapers are in the language of their home country. It can be a little slow to load.

Cartoon of the Week - This collection is updated every Thursday. It highlights editorial cartoons about world events. These FREE cartoons can be copied and used in classrooms.

Dirksen Congressional Center Editorial Cartoon Collection - The editorial cartoons and related lesson plans from The Dirksen Center will teach students to identify issues, analyze symbols, acknowledge the need for background knowledge, recognize stereotypes and caricatures, think critically, and appreciate the role of irony and humor.

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists - Contains countless images that inform and comment on the major stories of the day. This website also has a helpful teacher section on "Cartoons in the Classroom" which contains lesson plans that accompany the image.

Baldy Editorial Cartoons: 1946-1982 - The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library contains 6,740 pen and ink drawings and 2,460 velox. The digital database opens with approximately 2,500 cartoons from the collection. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pen-name "Baldy," depicted the local, national, and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political reorganization in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate.

Learning by Cartooning: A High School Project - This unique project was done by Donna Sharer at Northeast High School in Philadelphia in 2004. She developed this project with her History students by having the students do "cartooning" to learn to analyze issues, grasp various perspectives, and explore ways to taking sides on an issue. There are lesson plans for teachers and some wonderful links.

The Opper Project - The Opper Project, named after Ohioan Frederick Burr Opper, the first great American-born cartoonist, is an on-line collection of historic editorial cartoons. Covering more than one hundred years of American history, the cartoons are organized topically with associated lesson plans. The cartoons are from the collection of The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. Most are American, but you will also find the views of some international cartoonists on the America of their day. There are some famous cartoons here, but most of the images are not the ones typically reproduced in text books and instructional materials. All the cartoons are evocative and teachable, however. And to help you get started, they come with teacher-created lesson plans. The Opper Project is on-going, so look for the addition of more topics and more cartoons.

Political Ad's & How to Analyze ThemMotion Picture Analysis Worksheet - This is the National Archives' gateway for resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students.Propaganda Techniques - Explores common techniques used to advance a position and also provides examples.Dissect an Ad - From PBS, this site is an exercise developed by the Center for media Literacy, which challenges visitors to critically analyze campaign commercials.

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